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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER AT WORLD PARLIAMENT
- 2018-

PLENARY SESSION - V

Non-duality (advait)” as the philosophy of science, to realize the nature of the self through the universal equation  AUM ()   E = MC2

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Swami Atma Priyananda

Swami Atmapriyananda is the Vice Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University situated at Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He is the first Vice Chancellor of this University.

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Dr. Alex Hankey 

Alex Hankey is a theoretical physicist trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Deeply interested in Vedanta, Yoga, and Ayurveda, he played a vital role in setting up  and later on became a professor at it, where he taught the first undergraduate course in philosophy of science. His current work relates to applying a combination of philosophical arguments and knowledge of Vedic sciences to solve the problems with in modern science, and thereby refining the foundations of physics, biology, and information theory. He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and many expository articles for a general audience.

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Dr.Jude Currivan 

Dr. Jude Currivan, Ph.D. is an internationally well-known sensitive, scientist, healer and cosmic geomancer, who has directly experienced multi-dimensional realities and guidance from an early age. Based near Avebury, England for the last ten years, Jude has researched ancient wisdom, consciousness and metaphysics since early childhood, holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology researching ancient cosmologies and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University, specializing in cosmology and quantum physics. During a highly successful business career, from which she gained a global perspective, Jude also obtained extensive experience in merging her intuitive gifts into a practical grounded approach for managing individual and collective organizational and cultural change.

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Dr.Deepak Ranade 

Dr. Ranade is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and spine surgeon. He is Professor and Head of Department of Neurosurgery at D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri. Working as Post Graduate Guide for M.Ch (Neurosurgery) students. He worked as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at K.E.M. Hospital Pune.

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Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi 

Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi is currently working as Professor and Dean of Shastra Faculty in Karnataka Samskrita University, Bangalore, and Karnataka. He also holds the additional charge of the Director of Melkote Sanskrit Academy. Formerly he was the Director of Sanskrit Academy a Research Institute funded by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

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Prof. Girish Nath Jha

Prof. Girish Nath Jha teaches Computational Linguistics at the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies. He is currently the Dean of the school. He is also a Concurrent Faculty at the Center of Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). His research interests include Indian Languages Corporation and standards, Sanskrit and Hindi linguistics, Science & Technology in Sanskrit, Lexicography, Machine Translation, e-learning, web-based technologies, RDBMS, software design and localization. He was awarded DAAD fellowship in 2014 and 2016 to teach in Digital Humanities Indology at University of Würzburg, Germany and has been a visiting Professor at the University of Florence and in University of Wurzburg, Germany, under DAAD fellowship.

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Swami Chidanand Saraswati

Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati (called Pujya Swamiji or Pujya Muniji by his disciples), is the president and spiritual head of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram, a spiritual institution based in Rishikesh, India. He is also the founder and spiritual head of the Hindu Jain Temple in Pittsburgh. Chidanand Saraswati is the founder or co-founder of several humanitarian and environmental organizations which serve a number of causes, including: Ganga Action Parivar (to preserve and protect the Ganga river and its tributaries), India Heritage Research Foundation (IHRF), which provides education, health care, youth welfare, and vocational training, Divine Shakti Foundation, which provides education and assistance to widowed and impoverished women and children, as well as the protection of street animals in India such as cows and dogs, the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) to provide access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and proper hygiene; and Project Hope, an umbrella organization that brings together various humanitarian and environmental organizations in times of disaster to provide both emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation. 

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